Sometimes Pittsburgh doesn’t seem so bad: The Meeting of Important People w/ Mariage Blanc & The Red Western

In the time line of my life, I think last week may go down as being somewhat historic. Just putting that out there for preservation purposes. The end cap to that week was The Meeting of Important People’s CD release at the Brillobox on Saturday. I missed my friend Ben H.’s art event at the BoxHeart in favor of a 30 minute nap which left me none the more well-rested and then marched like a zombie to the show. I cannot articulate how glad I was that I didn’t just skip it, instead sacrificing my physical welfare to be thoroughly entertained. Things that led me to this decision was the fact that Mariage Blanc was opening and Andu did this glowing write up.

I skipped out on most of The Red Western so I could girltalk with book a week geek outside, standing downwind from all of the smokers and cackling like a hyena. I have seen The Red Western with Mariage Blanc before, so I wasn’t sweating it. The girl has a lovely voice and adorable dresses.

Mariage Blanc was great, as usual. I always love the trumpet and feel lucky that I have gotten to watch them progress as a band.

I had only heard The Meeting of Important People’s Myspace page songs on Friday, but I knew I would regret it if I didn’t make it out. I ended up buying their album, even though I had to borrow five dollars from Josh K. (it was only$8…I’m just a pauper). Something about the singer, Josh Verbanets, reminded me of the guy from Kings of Leon. I think it was just how is face is shaped. Anyway, they seemed to really be having fun and seemed like nice guys, which made me really happy because I’m such a Pollyanna.

I got to briefly meet Josh because he asked if I was Andy’s girlfriend (oops, sorry Pammu!) and I got to thank him for a wonderful show. A bunch of friends were around and everyone was feelin’ fine (especially Chris Ryan), so I socialized until I started to feel woozy and had to go to bed.

Here’s a short video of The Meeting of Important people’s encore, “Down in the Hollow.” The picture is a bit dark, and if I am able to lighten it up later, I’ll repost it. It’s not thrilling because I was front and center, so I just held the camera at my chest, but it’s a cute little song.

The point is, go get their CD.